Filtering Proposals
Before taking action on proposals, you may have to find the proposals you need. You can either use the Filter or Search panels to find the required proposals. These panels are located to the left of the Proposal List. This panel is expanded by default, but you can collapse it to view the Proposals list better.
In the Filter panel, you can filter proposals by their status, submission date, assigned user, amount, location, trade, category, provider and other criteria.
When on the Filter section, you can apply filters one by one — every time you select a filter, the Proposals List refreshes and displays updated results.
Use this option when the number of proposals and the number of filters to apply to is not very large.
You may filter proposals by their status, submission date, assigned user, and other criteria.
- On the top navigation bar, click Proposals. Alternatively, you can click the menu icon in the upper-left corner and select RFPs / Proposals> View/Process Proposals.
In the Filters panel, apply filters to retrieve the proposals you need.
- When ready, click Apply.
The maximum number of proposals you can view on the Proposals List is 100. Should you receive an error, go back to the Search and Filter page, and modify your search criteria.
You land on the Proposals List displaying proposals based on the filters you applied.
The maximum number of proposals you can view on the Proposals List is 100.
Saving Filters and Managing Saved Filters
In your everyday work, you may need to apply the same set of filters over and over again.
For this purpose, once you select the filters you need, you may save them as a set and use this set later on. Also, you can select which of your saved filter sets should appear on QuickView. You can edit or even delete saved filters when you don’t need them anymore.
Your saved filters are only available to you. Saved filters cannot be shared with others.
- Select the desired filtering criteria.
- Click Save Current Filter. A text field appears.
- Enter the filter set name, and click Save Filter.
The filter is saved, and its name is displayed in the My Saved Filters drop-down list.
After you save a filter set, you may need to edit some of its options.
- In the My Saved Filters drop-down list, select the filter set you want to edit. The Work Orders List refreshes applying the selected filter set.
- Add or remove any filtering criteria as needed.
- Click Save Current Filter. The name of your selected filter appears in the text field.
- Click Update Existing Filter.
The filter set is updated.
When you don’t need a saved filter anymore, you can delete it.
- Click Edit Filters. The popup with a list of saved filters appears.
- Click the trash icon next to the desired filter, and click Save.
The filter is deleted.
Creating a
You can save a proposal report and use it as a filter later. To do that, after selecting the desired filters on the page for searching and filtering proposals, enter the report name in the Save Report As field under More, and click the arrow button to confirm.
- On the top navigation bar, click Proposals, and then click My Saved Proposal Reports on the page that appears. Or, click the menu icon in the upper-left corner, and select RFPs / Proposals > My Saved Proposal Reports. You land on the page with all your saved reports.
- Click the desired report to apply the filters it contains. You get to the Search and Filter page where you can adjust the filtering criteria as described above.
Navigating to a Proposal from an RFP, Work Order, or Invoice
You can access a proposal from an associated RFP or work order. If the latter has been invoiced, you may navigate to a proposal from the corresponding invoice.
- Find the desired RFP on the RFPs List.
Click Go next to the proposal number and amount.
To go to the 1400210249, click the proposal number.
- On the Work Orders List, locate the desired work order.
- Navigate to the proposal from the work order list view or detailed view.
Hover over the proposal number, and click the proposal link in the tooltip that appears.
Click the proposal number either at the top of the screen or on the Proposals tab.
- Find the required invoice on the Invoices List.
- Click the proposal number in the lower-left corner of the invoice details.
To go to the 1400210249, click the proposal number on the invoice details page.
You land on the Proposals List displaying the required proposal.
Viewing Proposals
Once you’ve 1400210249 the desired proposals, you can view their details on the Proposals List and take action on them — approve, reject, assign, and more. You may also head to the proposal details page to view the breakdown of costs for the required service.
Proposal information is available in the following views:
- 1400210249: Stay on the Proposals List to view and compare multiple proposals, process them, or navigate to associated items, such as RFPs or work orders.
- 1400210249: Go to the details page of a specific proposal to view a breakdown of costs for the required service. Note that you cannot take action on a proposal from the detailed view page.
Proposal List View
Refer to the table below to find out what proposal details are available on the Proposals List.
The presented information may differ depending on your system configuration and the action taken on the proposal.
| Column | Proposal Details |
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To navigate to the 1400210249, click View Proposal. |
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Proposal approval reason is displayed in this column if the feature that prompts users to select an approval reason when they approve a proposal is enabled for your company. If you want this feature to be turned on, get in touch with your ServiceChannel representative. To view the proposal history, click History. |
| 5 |
If the feature that prompts users to select a reason for assignment when they assign a proposal is enabled for your company, the reason is displayed in this column. Contact ServiceChannel to have this feature turned on. |
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Use the Actions button to take action on the proposal: edit, change its status, or assign. |
Proposal Detailed View
The information available in the proposal detailed view includes the following:
- Proposal info: creation date, proposal number and description, provider who submitted the proposal or was assigned to it, linked RFP and work order along with the problem description (if available)
- Breakdown of costs: costs incurred to date, materials, installation labor, non-installation expenses, freight, and tax
- Files attached to the proposal
- Subtotal for each category and total project cost
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- Find the required proposal on the 1400210249.
- Click View Proposal under the proposal number and amount.
You get to the proposal detailed view page.
